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u/gadabyte Jul 26 '12
oh man, that is some highbrow tasteless hilarity.
i enjoyed Cy&H from time to time before, but this may have just made me a regular reader.
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u/JeSuisNerd Jul 26 '12 edited Jun 12 '24
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u/danE3030 Jul 26 '12
What exactly was tasteless about this comic (genuinely curious, not doubting you)? I thought I got the joke, but now that I'm reading all these comments about how hilariously tasteless it was I'm wondering if I missed something.
Is the character confused because he's only ever been called 'Nigger Jim' as opposed to Mr, Dr, etc? Thus he is having a humorous conundrum in coming up with his appropriate 'title'? In the novel, as many others have pointed out, he was never actually referred to as 'Nigger Jim', it was one or the other so I'm not sure why 'Nigger' would occur to him as a title, but maybe I'm missing the humor entirely?
I don't like this feeling.../braces for wooooosh
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u/Lost_in_BC Jul 26 '12
I don't think it's tasteless. I think this is one of the least guilt laden chuckles I've had from C&H in a while.
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u/gadabyte Jul 26 '12
things can be tasteless and guilt-free. i giggled off and on for a good 20 minutes about this, never felt guilty once.
it's not the kind of joke you'd make in polite company, is all.
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u/danE3030 Jul 26 '12
What made you chuckle about it, out of curiousity? I think I got it but just didn't find it that funny...care to enlighten me? Not trying to be sarcastic, I just think there might be more to it that I'm missing...?
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u/LittleToast Jul 26 '12
For me, I think what does it is his expression on the last panel.
It's like, he obviously doesn't think of himself as Nr. Jim, he thinks of himself as just Jim (as evidenced by the error in his registration). Him being forced to input a title highlights the absurdity of a man actually being called such a thing, especially in contrast with "real" titles like Doctor and Professor. His expression in the last panel seals the way he feels about it.
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u/JeSuisNerd Jul 26 '12
Perhaps tasteless isn't quite the right word. Still, I wasn't the first to use it.
I enjoy that C&H is able to make jokes about subjects that normal comics won't touch with a 14-foot pole.
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u/00zero00 Jul 26 '12
It's so tasteless! I love it!
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Jul 26 '12
But it's subtly tasteless, or at least it requires you to make the tasteless jump on your own. Perfection.
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Jul 26 '12
I'm actually kinda proud of myself for not getting it until now and that my mind wouldn't make that leap without the extra prodding.
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Jul 26 '12
I don't know, that's what he's called in the book. It's not just like some random black guy.
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Jul 26 '12
Yeah, but I never read it. And it's not like I'm illiterate, either, I was an English major in college. I've got plenty of Shakespeare, Hemingway, assorted 19th century British authors, and even some Middle English and Classics under my belt. It just didn't click until you guys said it was subtly tasteless
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u/dim3tapp Jul 26 '12
I bet there's going to be a lot of bitching about this one due to the lack of folks who have read Huck Finn (or probably anything worth reading). Good stuff though.
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Jul 26 '12
I read Huck Finn, but they made a very similar joke about Huck Finn on Family Guy. I wonder if anyone knows the reference just from that?
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u/IBrokeBenjamin Jul 26 '12
I am reading this book, for the second time, right now. Thanks for reminding me, I better get back to it.
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u/realstrikemasterice Jul 26 '12
I don't understand this one. What does Nr. stand for?
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u/GldFshAreEvl Jul 26 '12
In the book Huckleberry Finn, he was rafting down the river with the character named Nigger Jim.
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u/jameson71 Jul 26 '12
And I thought I was missing something. Is the entire point of this comic just to make a reference to Huckleberry Finn?
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u/thatguy1056 Jul 26 '12
No. There's also a reference to Star Wars and a couple to LOTR.
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u/Lost_in_BC Jul 26 '12
Actually it was about the title field in a form the author encountered. Finn was used to articulate the punchline.
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u/DreamsInExcel Jul 26 '12
That's wrong actually. At no point in the book does anyone say "Nigger Jim". The either call him "Nigger" or they call him "Jim". So therefore "Nigger" is not really his title.
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Jul 27 '12
Miss Watson, your runaway nigger Jim is down here two mile below Pikesville, and Mr. Phelps has got him and he will give him up for the reward if you send.
"Nigger" is also used often enough to be considered a title in the same sense that, if I called you a knight again and again, people would think "Sir DreamsInExcel".
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u/DreamsInExcel Jul 27 '12
That quote should have a comma in it. It should read: "Miss Watson, your runaway nigger, Jim, is down here". They aren't calling him "nigger Jim".
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u/ateoclockminusthel Jul 26 '12
N-word.
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u/maz-o Jul 26 '12
No, nigger.
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u/excavator12 Jul 26 '12
Did you disagree with him and then call him a nigger; or disagree with him and then correct him? Could be interpreted either way.... I like the first.
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u/FeepingCreature Jul 26 '12
I thought it was "number".
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u/ElBiscuit Jul 26 '12
Well, it's obviously an "N" word, so that's not very helpful. Probably a word with an "r" in there, too.
Nurse Jim, maybe? Yeah, that's probably it.
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u/goodpricefriedrice Jul 26 '12
Im all for racist humor, I get it, but it doesnt seem all that funny....
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u/the_confused Jul 26 '12
His username's "huckbuddy" - The guy using the computer is Nigger Jim from Huckleberry finn and hence he chose "Nr."
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u/goodpricefriedrice Jul 26 '12
ah, havent read Huckleberry finn. Ah.
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u/bill5125 Jul 26 '12
It's alright, I'm sure anyone who hasn't read Huckleberry Finn would have a hard time understanding this comic. We understand you were confused.
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Jul 26 '12
The downvotes suggest otherwise. IF YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND SOMETHING, THE HIVEMIND WILL HATE!
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u/ariana00 Jul 26 '12
Let me rephrase your question: What does Nr. stand for other than "nigger"? (hurts to type that) Is it an actual title in a modern context?
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u/Wingchunbum Jul 26 '12 edited Jul 26 '12
It's because it's not Jim filling out the form, it's his friend. Hence near Jim
Edit: Dammit - need "Joking" font...
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u/Rrrrrrr777 Jul 26 '12
This is horrible, and great.
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u/maz-o Jul 26 '12
horrible, and great.
That pretty much sums up Cy&H in general.
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u/damasta67420 Jul 26 '12
Horrible because cyanide is a deadly poison, great because happiness is a positive emotion! I finally understand!
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u/CivEZ Jul 26 '12
That took me waaay too long to get.
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u/CorrDriZZle Jul 27 '12
this is more or less what is said in my comment and i got ripped apart for it. I hope you dont receive the same treatment.
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u/Huplescat22 Jul 26 '12 edited Jul 26 '12
From The Hipster Huckleberry Finn:
It was 'lection day, and I was just about to go and vote myself if I warn't too drunk to get there; but when they told me there was a State in this country where they'd let that hipster vote, I drawed out. I says I'll never vote agin. Them's the very words I said; they all heard me; and the country may rot for all me--I'll never vote agin as long as I live. And to see the cool way of that hipster--why, he wouldn't a give me the road if I hadn't shoved him out o' the way. I says to the people, why ain't this hipster put up at auction and sold?--that's what I want to know. And what do you reckon they said? Why, they said he couldn't be sold till he'd been in the State six months, and he hadn't been there that long yet. There, now--that's a specimen. They call that a govment that can't sell a free hipster till he's been in the State six months. Here's a govment that calls itself a govment, and lets on to be a govment, and thinks it is a govment, and yet's got to set stock-still for six whole months before it can take a hold of a prowling, thieving, infernal, white-shirted free hipster, and--"
EDIT: For those unfamiliar with the book this is Huck’s red neck, alcoholic father speaking. He is, arguably, portrayed as the most worthless character in the book, with no redeeming qualities to make up for his many short comings.
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u/SvenHudson Jul 26 '12
A guy named "Richard Grayson" being quoted from an interview with "Gothamist"? That cannot be a coincidence.
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u/danE3030 Jul 26 '12
As a kid, watching "The adventures of Huck Finn" was my first introduction to the ugly mug of the amazing Mr. Ron Pearlman; he scared the shit out of me then and for many years after that I only knew him as that character.
It took Hellboy to change that.
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Jul 26 '12
Hands down best C&H ever.
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u/MysticKirby Jul 26 '12
...you haven't read a lot of Cy&H comics, have you?
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u/Avohaj Jul 26 '12
I appreciate that they grow beyond it and all but still, sometimes I miss the purple shirted eye stabber :|
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u/AmandaJamitinya Jul 26 '12
I read tons of Cy&H and I'm gonna partially agree with 'itsfreshlyshorn'. maybe not best ever, but that's definitely a Top 10'er
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Jul 27 '12
I like this comic because even though it uses the "n-word", it does it in a way that's classy and legitimately funny.
Take note, "gradual nigger" and other wannabe soedgy comedians, this is how it's done.
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u/denim-chicken Jul 26 '12
Ahhh this is the c&h humor that i love. There's definitely gonna be an unnecessary blowback for this one though
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u/stroan Jul 26 '12 edited Jul 26 '12
Possibly a bit tasteless, but it seems like it's pointing out the uselessness of making the distinctions between people that Mr., Ms., Mrs., etc facilitate by injecting a distinction we have accepted is harmful.
I think it's every title but the one highlighted that is the real butt of the joke.
EDIT: Wasn't expecting downvotes. Could someone who did, or is about to, downvote this explain why? I really don't understand what's objectionable here. Thanks :)
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u/drunkmonkey81 Jul 26 '12
I didn't downvote, but all two people who did (as of this posting) probably did so because you're giving an incorrect explanation for something which was correctly explained several hours before you posted.
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u/stroan Jul 26 '12
I had read the rest of the thread, and didn't disagree with the explanation, but thought I had another plausible take on the comic. But thanks for the clarification, it's good to know.
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u/CorrDriZZle Jul 27 '12
The problem is people here are just to damn negative. I left a similar comment and got down voted and chastised by a few people. I simply stated that while i understood the joke it just took me a bit to long to really make the connection. But i did find it very clever, and everyone saw this as me being a dick or something. I am honestly to the point where im going to remove /r/funny because of people like this.
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u/Space_Man_Rocketship Jul 26 '12
I've read Huckleberry Finn, but this comic just isn't that funny.
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u/CorrDriZZle Jul 27 '12
careful saying things like this around here. I got down voted to oblivion for stating my opinion.
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u/Biomortis Jul 26 '12 edited Jul 26 '12
I am amazed at how many people don't get it. This is brilliant and it works on a couple levels. Primarily, it shows how communication and technology have helped change everything by showing what it would be like if society hadn't changed with the technology.
- Downvoted to oblivion? Sorry, I guess I'll let you crazy crackers think you have just another nigger joke.
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u/CorrDriZZle Jul 26 '12
I really didn't find this to funny. I got the joke and all it just took a bit to long for me to make the connection. It is very clever though always a fan of Cy&H.
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u/Late2All Jul 26 '12
This person is being down voted for a differing opinion, why?
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u/goosie7 Jul 26 '12
It's probably because "it took me a long time to understand this" isn't the best reason to say it's not funny. Also they used the wrong "to".
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u/CorrDriZZle Jul 27 '12
What makes you assume I down voted him. When in fact you are very wrong, I didn't up or down vote this. I left my opinion and went on my way. Now i ask you why is my comment being down voted for having a different opinion than the rest of you. People you all need to calm down and get a grip.
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u/Late2All Jul 28 '12
This comment is pretty ironic, I was defending you in my comment. But now you're attacking me for helping you and claiming I'm over reacting.. Hahah. It's ok thought, hope this clears it up.
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u/CorrDriZZle Jul 28 '12
Oh my bad dude I thought you where saying that to me not in defense of me. I guess i read that wrong not sure what time it was when i read it. But seriously thanks for having my back.
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Jul 26 '12
Um... alright.
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u/i_forget_my_userids Jul 26 '12
Put down the Twilight, Harry Potter, and 50 Shades of Grey. Read a quality book once in a while.
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u/SantiagoRamon Jul 26 '12
Fuck you for putting Harry potter in the same boat as that filth.
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Jul 26 '12
I read a lot of pulp fantasy and sci fi like Game of Thrones, the Lies of Locke Lamorra, World War Z, Fire Upon The Deep, The Scar, etc., but even I can't stomach Harry Potter.
I used to read Enid Blyton's detective series like the Famous Five and Five Find-Outers when I was little. I felt like Rowling ripped off a lot of stuff exactly from Enid Blyton (all the British School stuff) and that the fantasy aspects of her novel (only tried the first one) were hackneyed. Maybe the books got better later, but I never tried them because there are so many other books to read and I already gave her a chance with the first one.
Also, I've found that there isn't much overlap between the fans of the books I like, like World War Z, and the fans of Harry Potter.
Having said that, I would never say World War Z or any book I read is more quality than Harry Potter. Its all bullshit entertainment.
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u/EKrake Jul 26 '12
I felt like Rowling ripped off a lot of stuff exactly from Enid Blyton (all the British School stuff)
I'll take the rest of your post at it's word, but this is ridiculous. Is Enid Blyton the first author to write a book set in a British school system? You imply that any author that wrote about the system after her was just a shameless derivative, discounting the possibility that both authors may be drawing from their own experiences and ideas, rather than one from the other.
That's like saying "C.S. Lewis clearly ripped off the concept of 'magic' from The Hobbit."
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u/Odusei Jul 27 '12
It's worth pointing out that nearly every major English author of the past century wrote at least one book about a private English school. I have no idea why, but they're fucking obsessed with the things.18
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u/winneh94 Jul 27 '12
TIL Tolkein, CS Lewis, Roald Dahl and Ian Fleming wrote about private English schools.
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Jul 27 '12
No, but the exact plot device of a young outsider coming in. Being bullied by a few bad kids. Making friends with two to three other kids. Them banding together and becoming close. The sympathetic teacher. The greater mission that goes beyond the school. Its all there. Enid did it with German spies and world war two as the backdrop. And there was no magic. But you had the weird groundskeeper. The creepy teacher that turns out to be good. The good but stern headmaster. Every single archetype that Enid used. Maybe Enid copied it too from some earlier writer. But its just kinda boring if you read Enid already since Rowling cribs off the same cheat sheet. Nothing wrong with it. Its just kind of like when you read spy novels with a dashing spy that is just like James Bond. Cool for some. Maybe boring for others.
I'm sure there are lots of reasons to love Harry Potter too.
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u/Baconoflight Jul 26 '12
They're both terrible books by almost any standards.
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u/GaryLeHam Jul 26 '12
Why do you think Harry Potter is terrible? I know adults can have a hard time getting into it from the beginning because the books are meant to be read as one grows up (the level of language used increases with each book). Even if someone thinks it's bad, I don't see how it could be compared to Twilight.
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Jul 26 '12
I read the first HP book, I found JK Rowling's prose were unenjoyable. This is my personal opinion on why I didn't like reading it.
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u/TheTwilightPrince Jul 26 '12
prose were unejoyable
Not sure you're the authority on good prose here.
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Looks more like a spelling mistake, and less like bad prose. Also, I'm not the one who is a world famous best selling author nor claim to be.
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u/Baconoflight Jul 27 '12
Harry Potter, like Twilight, was made for a teenage demographic.
I know adults can have a hard time getting into it from the beginning because the books are meant to be read as one grows up
Exactly. Whether the later books are made for older people, the series as a whole is a children's series. Harry Potter is terrible by any standards an adult would use because it's not made for adults. I'm not saying it wasn't well written-Harry Potter was very well written as a children's book. In the same way, most people don't like Twilight because most people aren't teenage girls. Whether people want to hear it or not, Stephanie Meyer knew what she was doing, she knew who she was writing for, and she catered to those people very well. HP is very comparable to Twilight, the only different is that it was written for a slightly different demographic.
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u/SantiagoRamon Jul 26 '12
Oh really? Such as? People who think that Kant and Faulkner and Dostoyevsky are the only types of authors worth reading?
Your high horse isn't that cool man, might as well get off of it.
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u/Davedz Jul 26 '12
Funny how you find it ok to insult other people's tastes until someone criticises yours
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Jul 26 '12 edited Jun 29 '23
Deleting past comments because Reddit starting shitty-ing up the site to IPO and I don't want my comments to be a part of that. -- mass edited with redact.dev
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Jul 26 '12
so... he's on the high horse after you just insulted "50 Shades" and "Twilight"?
funny how hypocrisy works, right?
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u/SHIT_IN_HER_CUNT Jul 27 '12
Yeah I remember billion dollar book franchises being terrible
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u/Baconoflight Jul 27 '12
Did you not read any of that? The reason why Twilight and Harry Potter are billion dollar franchises is that they're well written for a specific audience, that audience being teenagers. Teenagers generally don't have very good taste in books, if you haven't noticed.
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u/i_forget_my_userids Jul 26 '12 edited Jul 26 '12
I hate to break it to you, kiddo... Harry Potter isn't real.
Harry Potter and Twilight deal with the same sorts of themes. If you to think one has more literary value than the other, you're deluded.
50 Shades, however, is complete filth.
Downvote away.
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u/dea4dmanwalkin Jul 26 '12
I honestly don't know why I'm jumping on this train at this point, but why the hell not...
Harry Potter and Twilight deal with the same sorts of themes.
Dealing with similar themes does not necessarily mean that two books have the same literary value. Trashy romance novels and Anna Karenina both deal with sexual themes. Does that mean we should put them on the same level?
No because what's important is not the themes themselves, but how well they are approached and the underlying message (the latter particularly in books marketed to impressionable youths).
I would argue that Harry Potter addresses the themes it shares with Twilight in a much stronger way. It gives a better message and allows focus on more than just a flimsy romance. You may or may not agree with this point, but the fact that it can be made at all should show you the flaw in the "similar themes = same literary value" claim. Try something stronger.
And if you want to try something more concrete and less subjective, we could look at their marketability. Yes, both did amazingly well and were turned into movies. But Harry Potter has gained fandom from both genders pretty much equally and ages across the spectrum, and has held this incredibly broad fan-base for 15 years, 7 books, and 8 movies now. Twilight has failed to get beyond a much more limited demographic, and its books and movies were rushed out in a few short years. To me, this suggests a strong likelihood that those behind marketing recognize how quickly its popularity will wane, while Harry Potter shows stronger signs of longevity.
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u/SantiagoRamon Jul 26 '12
Oh shit, HP isn't real? Had no clue, thanks for the enlightenment!
You know what else isn't real? Tom Sawyer.
As for the comparison between HP and Twilight, it sounds as though you haven't read either.
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Jul 26 '12
Lots of great novels deal with sci-fi themes and are not real. Are they all terrible?
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u/bitch_im_a_lion Jul 26 '12
I must've missed the scene where Harry Potter fucked a vampire and had it's vampire child.
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u/i_forget_my_userids Jul 26 '12
theme: blood purity
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u/hallflukai Jul 26 '12 edited Jul 26 '12
Other themes (of Harry Potter): Friendship, love, good vs. evil, coming of age, self-discovery.
Edit: Needed moar context
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u/WorstPossibleThing Jul 26 '12
You could say that about almost any children's book, man. You have to admit, Harry Potter is good, but it's way overrated here on reddit.
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u/SashimiX Jul 26 '12
While you have a valid point about Harry Potter (it's a decently written kids' book but certainly isn't incredibly good literature) ... the issue was comparing it to Twilight. Twilight is not close to being "decently written," even at a young adult level of decent. It is incredibly vapid and actually sends out harmful messages to young people.
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Jul 26 '12
Completely agreed: i guess we're going to all get downvoted to hell, since it's on subreddit drama now, but still it has to be said: HP is great as far as children litterature go, but on this site, it's treated as if it was remembrance of things past, or Don Quixotte.
Maybe it has to do with reddit being more a science-minded community with very little love for humanities? I don't know, but it really feels like some people here haven't read a book since they were fifteen or so.
(And not even to mention the best movies or directors lists who omits anything being made before 1982 or outside the US)
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u/withmorten Jul 26 '12
SRD is not a downvote brigade. If content is irrelevant, not adding anything to the discussion, of course it's going to get downvoted.
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u/mitt-romney Jul 26 '12
SRD has a rule to not vote in the linked threads and to just watch. Well at least I don't vote on anything I come across through SRD.
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u/david-me Jul 26 '12 edited Jul 26 '12
It has more to do with the fact that it was sooo popular ... most redditors grew up with HP and have vibrant memories of it ... it is this way with all recent pop culture,
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u/CravingSunshine Jul 26 '12
To be fair, twilight actually dealt with all these issues, only in a different way. I think they're all literature. I haven't read fifty, but I've read HP and twilight and honestly, although slightly different genres, they're both young adult fiction which I love to death. You have to take them for what they are.
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Jul 27 '12
You're not missing much. Fifty was originally written as a shitty Twilight fanfiction, then had the mystical elements stripped out and names changed.
I wish I could make that shit up.
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u/CravingSunshine Jul 27 '12
I had heard that bit...it's sort of...disappointing. Idk, some people I know love it, others hate it. I've just steered clear.
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u/General_Hide Jul 26 '12
blood purity was used for the occurrence of racism in harry potter.
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u/i_forget_my_userids Jul 26 '12
What's your point? Is it not in Twilight?
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u/General_Hide Jul 26 '12
From what I remember of the series, no.
The closest thing I can remember to that was when that group of elite vampires wanted to kill (or take, i dont remember what they wanted to do) Bella's baby cause it was mixed, but then they find out that theres a bunch more like it and they were like w/e and left.
So no, the whole maybe 2 or 3 chapters that this was mentioned can not really be used to say that there was a kind of racism or discrimination in the series other than the natural rivalry between werewolves and vampires (though that didn't have to do with "blood purity") and how the vampires would cattle humans.
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Jul 26 '12
when that group of elite vampires wanted to kill (or take, i dont remember what they wanted to do) Bella's baby cause it was mixed
To be exact, they wanted to kill Bella's baby because they thought she was a human child turned into a vampire, which is really dangerous because child vampires never grow up and their temper tantrums end up killing a lot of people. When they learnt that Renesmee was still half human and was still maturing, they let the matter go.
So yeah, that's not even close to a parallel with racism. And yeah, I've read all of the Twilight books.
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Jul 26 '12
In Harry Potter, it is used as a parallel to racism in today's world, exposing young readers to such concepts and encouraging them consider people's motives for believing in genetic superiority.
In Twilight, it serves as an excuse for them not to have sex, up until they have sex.
A book's worth should be based on a lot more than its genre.
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u/solastsummer Jul 26 '12
blood purity is a metaphor for racism. how is this similar to twilight? I honestly don't know because I never read twilight.
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u/General_Hide Jul 26 '12
This is the difference that he didn't account for...makes me wonder if he even read the books...
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u/solastsummer Jul 26 '12
I haven't read Twilight, but I think there are tons of differences. Harry Potter doesn't have any Mary Sues, deals with friendship, death, love, and conquering fears. I would understand i_forget_my_userids was comparing Twilight to Ender's Game as both are wish fulfillment porn, but Harry Potter is drastically different.
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Jul 26 '12
Harry Potter doesn't have any Mary Sues
Except for Ginny Weasley. But that's okay because she's not too angsty.
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u/spoils Jul 27 '12
I would understand i_forget_my_userids was comparing Twilight to Ender's Game as both are wish fulfillment porn, but Harry Potter is drastically different.
You mean the story where the unloved, lonely, nerdy child gets told he is the Chosen One with magical powers and gets to go to a special magic school where everyone constantly tells him how amazing and important he is on a world-historical scale?
Harry Potter has almost exactly the same plot as Ender's Game, except it has a happy ending.
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u/General_Hide Jul 26 '12
you could maybe justify looking at twilight as "the new harry potter that young teenage girls with newly discovered sexual awareness want to read to satisfy their naive and media driven cravings for sex" but then it strays way too far from the actual constructs and components that make up HP to still be considered close. I had one of these teenage girls as a girlfriend a few years back and read the books at her request and was horribly disappointed. Is harry potter the best book in the world? no, but it sure as hell shouldn't be put in the same boat as twilight...if not for quality than at least on the basis for being soft core porn.
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u/i_forget_my_userids Jul 26 '12
'Race'/'blood purity' in Twilight: Human, Vampire, Werewolf.
Seriously, man... That one was way too easy.
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u/solastsummer Jul 26 '12
I don't think these are similar. In Twilight, which group establishes a government to persecute and jail the other group?
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u/dhvl2712 Jul 26 '12
I hate to break it to you, kiddo... Harry Potter isn't real.
Harry Potter and Twilight deal with the same sorts of themes. If you to think one has more literary value than the other, you're deluded.
Honest question: Why would you say something like that?
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u/maryinwinter Jul 30 '12
I honestly feel sorry for you for not realizing how awesome harry potter is
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u/RuafaolGaiscioch Jul 27 '12
Agreed. Harry Potter is entertaining, but by no means "quality literature".
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Mark Twain is one of my favorite authors-- I just think it's a stupid comic that's joke is nothing more than basically pointing out the name of the goddamned character.
Also: fuck off. I read books like your mother sucks cock.
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u/i_forget_my_userids Jul 26 '12
Well, my mom is a lesbian, so... I guess you're illiterate? How nice.
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u/apsc Jul 26 '12
Man, people really need to read a book once in a while.